Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
August 21, 2001
Town Demands No More Buses
West Tisbury center may be a natural crossroads and the ideal hub for Vineyard transit buses to transfer riders, but West Tisbury selectmen said they have had enough of the buses converging on their narrow and historic main street.
Disabilities Leaders Hit Boat Line with Access Complaints
There is no access for people with disabilities on the New Bedford passenger ferry Schamonchi, and a Cape Cod advocacy group recently filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation about the problem. Spokesmen for the Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled (CORD) said yesterday they filed the complaint after months…
Ocean Park Hosts Grand Fireworks Celebration
Oak Bluffs fire chief Dennis P. Alley was especially pleased with the fireworks on Friday. The display in the night sky was the spectacle everyone has come to expect over the years. Below, Ocean Park was ready for the thousands of spectators who gathered to watch from its lush, grassy lawns.
Oak Bluffs Civil War Statue Rededicated
The Soldiers’ Memorial Fountain at Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs was rededicated Friday afternoon in ceremonies celebrating the completion of an ambitious two-year restoration project.
Bagpipes, played by Tony Peak, began in the distance and came nearer as the Massachusetts 54th re-enactors and members of American Legion Post 257 marched to the foot of the…
Agricultural Fair Harvests Best of Vineyard
There are moments that can only be captured at an agricultural fair — children toting balls of cotton candy larger than their heads, piglets resting peacefully across the midsection of a somnolent mother pig, and fathers being tugged to the Ferris wheel for the fifth time in an evening. Then there are the sights one…
